title: Formation of N2,3-ethanoguanine in DNA after in vitro treatment with the therapeutic agent, N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-cyclohexyl-N-nitrosourea.
abstract: HPLC analyses of the bases released by acid from N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea-treated DNA and N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-cyclohexyl-N-nitrosourea-treated DNA show the presence of a new guanine adduct, N2,3-ethanoguanine. This derivative can be synthesized at the monomer level by treating 2-hydroxyethylguanine with thionyl chloride. The product of this reaction, purified by HPLC, has been shown to have a mol. wt corresponding to ethanoguanine by mass spectrometry; NMR spectrometry also supports this structural assignment. The UV and fluorescence spectra are very similar to those of N2,3-ethenoguanine, providing evidence that the ethano bridge is attached between N2 and 3 positions. Proof that the derivative is N2,3-ethanoguanine comes from the fact that it can be converted to N2,3-ethenoguanine by dehydrogenation on a palladium catalyst. The discovery of this new derivative raises to four the number of tricylic derivatives that have been isolated from DNA treated with 2-haloethylnitrosoureas. The new adduct, N2,3-ethanoguanine, is closely related to an etheno adduct formed by chloroacetaldehyde, a metabolite of the human carcinogen vinyl chloride, and may have relevance to either the therapeutic or carcinogenic actions of the 2-haloethylnitrosoureas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Habraken
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Ludlum
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D006147:Guanine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008130:Lomustine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006147:Guanine; D008130:Lomustine; D004247:DNA